In dealing with food addiction, many folks are in a hurry to get to a certain weight or to get away from the feelings and behavior that goes with being a food addict. I wonder if that works so well? Just a question to ponder. It is said in some circles "What you resist, persists" ...
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Forgiveness In Food Addiction Recovery?
Forgiveness in food addiction recovery is essential I would think on many levels. I was watching my local PBS TV station last week and they ran an hour-long program on Dr. Fred Luskin's program at Stanford University called the Forgiveness Project. Now the folks featured in the program have had some seriously bad things ...
Control Food Addiction – Well Maybe!
To control food addiction it helps to be clear on what you are up against biologically. So be sure to read what I have written on biological factors ...just look under categories on the right column and you will find that category. Well, this last week I found more scientific evidence about why those of ...
The Weight Loss Surgery Channel Is It For You?
Weight loss surgery is not one of my strong suits in knowledge. I intend to learn more about it moving forward. In doing so, I ran across a very interesting website called the Weight Loss Surgery Channel. Now of course I am not a big fan of going into weight loss surgery as you ...
Food Addiction 16-Step Program Not 12-Step?
A food addiction 16-step program is what Sarah Gottfried M.D. found to her liking instead of the traditional 12 step programs per her blog post. Gottfried practices integrative medicine in Oakland, CA and has a website also if you want to check her out. The term "integrative medicine" is another way of saying ...
Fight Food Addiction With A Mini-Fast?
One way to fight food addiction might be via a mini-fast per Julian Whitaker, MD who is a long time pioneer in holistic medicine who himself has issues with weight and is not afraid to talk about it. I have been taking his print newsletter for about 20 years now and he has a ...
Food Addicts and Metabolic Syndrome
As a food addict and professional person in the field of recovery, I have been thinking about "metabolic syndrome" lately. You can learn the details of this group of symptoms that some medical people are calling metabolic syndrome from Google Health by clicking here now. Prefer the American Heart Association as the place to ...
Your Food Addiction – Blame Your Parents?
Your food addiction may have a genetic basis as well as a psychological basis. That said we can’t exactly blame your parents in the matter at least totally. In addition, “blame” is a tough word with a negative judgment of the person one is blaming in many cases. For example, the Cambridge Dictionary Online defines ...